Charles Manson

DEATH NOTICES Larry C. Beck,

74, of Rome, died Nov. 21, 2017. Salmon Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

Charles Sorrells Dansby,

89, of Rockmart, died Nov. 20, 2017. Freeman Harris Funeral Home, Rockmart, has charge of the arrangements.

Tony Elkins,

61, of Rome, died Nov. 20, 2017. F.K. Jones Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

Dorothy “Dot” Jane Fountain,

82, of Woodstock, died Nov. 19, 2017. Oaknoll Chapel Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

Clayton Hilburn,

84, of Kingston, died Nov. 20, 2017. Parnick Jennings Funeral Home, Cartersville, has charge of the arrangements.

Faye Garrett Matthews,

80, of Rockmart, died Nov. 19, 2017. Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the arrangements.

Stephen Vann Smart,

65, of Rome, died Nov. 19, 2017. Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the arrangements. Clayton Hilburn

Clayton Hilburn, 84, of Kingston, passed away on Monday, November 20, 2017, at his residence. He was born in Lafayette, Georgia on August 12, 1933, the son of the late Henry G. Hilburn and Mildred Campbell Buzan.

Mr. Hilburn was a founding member of Amazing Grace Baptist Church, a member of the Board of Trustees for Kingston Elementary School and Adairsville High School. He was a chicken farmer by trade and was on the growers’ advisory board for Gold Kist. He was also a member of Kingston Masonic Lodge and enjoyed hunting, fishing and woodworking. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a daughter, Opal Hilburn, and a sister, Sandra Maddox.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Ann McEver Hilburn; his children, Frankie Freeman (Robin), Denise Sandidge (Trammell), Albert Hilburn (Angela), and Chris Hilburn (Shannon); 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; four sisters and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Amazing Grace Baptist Church with the Reverend Greg Hunter officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Hilburn will be taken to the church on Saturday where he will lie-in-state for one hour prior to the service. The family will receive friends from 5—8 p.m. on Friday at Parnick Jennings Funeral Home.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Floyd Home Health, Amedisys Hospice, Dr. Glenn Hittel and neighbors, Cindy, Derrick and Chris Chapman and Danielle Tucker for all their love and support during this trying time.

Parnick Jennings Funeral Home and Cremation Services is honored to serve the family of Clayton Hilburn; please visit www. parnickjenningsfuneral. com to share memories or to leave a condolence message. SOUTH CHAPEL

Mrs. Faye Garrett Matthews, age 80, of Rockmart, Ga., passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017, at her residence.

Mrs. Matthews was born in Polk County, Ga. on January 14, 1937, daughter of the late Elias Monroe Garrett and Alice Geneva Hutchins Garrett. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bishop E. Jack Matthews, on April 10, 2014. Having worked at the Dime Store in Rockmart and having studied interior design at Floyd College, Mrs. Matthews was a devoted minister’s wife, serving over 58 years in the gospel ministry of the Church of God. She served at many churches in the Southeastern United States with her husband in many roles including daycare coordinator at Belle Glade Church of God in Florida. Locally, she served with her husband at Lindale Church of God for many years. Mrs. Matthews was a member of Mount Paran North Church of God.

Survivors include a daughter, Deidra Matthews Millwood, Rockmart; a son, the Rev. Mark Matthews, and his wife, Clare, Lake Mary, Fla.; a granddaughter, Kyla Miranda Millwood, Rockmart; her twin sister, Georgia Ann Garrett Bolt, Rockmart; nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 24, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, with the Rev. Steve McBrayer and Dr. Richard Miller officiating and with family members sharing. Interment will follow in Polk Memory Gardens.

The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Friday from 12:30 p.m. until the service hour. At other times, they may be contacted at the residence.

Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the funeral arrangements. Faye Garrett Matthews

Mr. Stephen Vann Smart, age 65, of Rome, passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2017, at his residence.

Mr. Smart was born in Floyd County, Georgia on October 16, 1952, son of the late Bernard Duel “B.D.” Smart and the late Myrtle Lee Poole Smart. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Glenda Faye Westmoreland. Mr. Smart was of the Baptist faith. Prior to becoming disabled, he worked for a number of years with his father in a tree service business and then later worked at Georgia Power for the Local Labor Union. He was a volunteer for River Cleanup in Rome.

Survivors include a daughter, Rachel Smart Baird Brooks, Calhoun; two brothers, Benny Smart, and his wife, Eunice, Lindale, and Kenny Smart, and his wife, Sandy, Marietta; nieces & nephews, Van Westmoreland, Meredith Barron, Letitia Chapman, Matthew Smart, Julie Payne, Jennifer Merritt, Kenny Smart Jr., and Kyle Smart; several great nieces & nephews.

The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Friday, November 24, 2017, from 11 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. A memorial service will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, with the Rev. Matthew Smart officiating and Meredith “Sassy” Barron delivering the eulogy. Interment will follow in Bethel Cemetery in Forney, Alabama. At other hours, they will be at their respective residences.

Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the arrangements. Stephen Vann Smart 2516 New Calhoun Highway NE 706-291-9472 www.salmonfuneralhome.com

Larry C. Beck

Mr. Larry C. Beck, age 74, of 4796 Old Calhoun Road, Rome, died Monday, November 21, 2017, at his residence.

Mr. Beck was born in Carroll County, Ga. on July 21, 1943, son of the late L.C. and Glois Beck. Mr. Beck retired from the trucking business in 2010. Mr. Beck was preceded in death by his sister, Sherry Beck.

Mr. Beck is survived by his four sons, Frankie (Kristi) Beck, Lennie (Velvet) Holbert, Barry (Maria) Holbert, and Russell (Sarah) Holbert; grandchildren, Jordan and Jamie Beck, Lindsey and Luke Holbert, Josh, Caleb, and Katie Holbert, Nathan, Rachel and Nichols Holbert and Reagan Bramlett.

Graveside services for Mr. Larry C. Beck will be Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Floyd Memory Gardens with the Reverend Ray Miles officiating.

The family will receive friends at Salmon Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon, November 22, 2017, from 12:30 until 2:00 p.m.

Please visit www. salmonfuneralhome.com to share memories and post tributes.

The staff of Salmon Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mr. Larry C. Beck.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In summer 1969, a scruffy ex-convict with a magnetic hold on young women sent some of his disciples into the night to carry out a series of gruesome killings in Los Angeles. In so doing, Charles Manson became the leering face of evil on front pages across America and rewrote the history of an era.

Manson, the hippie cult leader who died of natural causes at age 83 after nearly half a century behind bars, orchestrated the slayings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people, butchered at two homes on successive August nights by intruders who scrawled “Pigs” and “Healter Skelter” in the victims’ blood.

The slaughter horrified the world. To many, the collateral damage included the era of peace, love and flower power.

The Manson Family killings, along with the bloodshed later that year during a Rolling Stones concert at California’s Altamont Speedway, seemed to expose the violent and drug-riddled underside of the counterculture and sent a shiver of fear through America.

“Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the ’60s ended abruptly on Aug. 9, 1969,” author Joan Didion wrote in her 1979 book “The White Album.”

Manson was every parent’s worst nightmare. The short, shaggy-haired man with hypnotic eyes was a charismatic figure with a talent for turning middle-class youngsters into mass murderers.

“These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them; I didn’t teach them. I just tried to help them stand up,” he said in a courtroom soliloquy.

application deadline has been extended to

The program trains volunteers to provide current horticultural information through community service and educational gardening projects using applied research and the resources of the University of Georgia. Training classes will be held at the Floyd County Extension Office, 12 E. Fourth Ave., every Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jan. 10, 2018, to March 16, 2018. The cost is $175 per applicant. For an application call 706-296-6210 or email uge1115@uga.edu.

A will be held every Saturday until Christmas from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rome Shrine Club, 109 Bells Ferry Road. For more information call Tony Warren at 706-252-5734.

with donation of a new, unwrapped children’s toy. Toys will be distributed to local groups including Floyd County Sheriff’s Santa, Angel Tree, The Salvation Army and Toys for Tots. Donations of toys without adoption also will be accepted. Adoptive families will still be responsible for spay or neuter and vaccination costs. gift auction County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. For a complete list of the books offered in all three showcases visit www.rome.shrls. org/friends-of-the-library.

Floyd County Superior Court Clerk Barbara H. Penson requests that veterans of all military branches of service be sure their DD214 discharge is recorded at the courthouse. Veterans may record their DD-214 in Floyd County in addition to their hometown, county or state. Bring a DD-214 to the Clerk of Superior Court’s Office, 3 Government Plaza, Suite 101, to have it recorded for Floyd County. This is a free service for all veterans.

To list an event email RomeNewsTribune@RN-T. com or call 706-290-5252. To have an event listed in Roman Record as well, please send it at least 10 days in advance. Holiday Notices

All offices of the City of Rome will be closed on Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24, 2017 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

TRANSIT

The City of Rome Transit Department will be closed Thursday, November 23, 2017 (Main Line, Paratransit and Tripper Buses) in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We will also be closed on Friday, November 24, 2017. Normal scheduled services will resume on November 27, 2017. We would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.

LANDFILL

The Walker Mountain Landfill will be closed on Thursday, November 23, 2017 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday and reopen on Friday, November 24, 2017.

CITY OF ROME SOLID WASTE COLLECTION

The City of Rome, Solid Waste Collections Department will be closed Thursday, November 23, 2017 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.